Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects. – Andrew Johnson
Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics. – Preston Manning
Above all, we must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people. – Joseph Ratzinger
And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. – Dennis Banks
What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas. – Robert Mueller
The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive. – Conrad Black
Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on. – Tim Berners-Lee
The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous. – Lindsey Graham
The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence. – John Clayton
The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt. – Joe Baca
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate. – Cliff Stearns
Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years. – Mike Pence
I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity. – Arabella Weir
Driving at high speed where safe and legal is part of my life. As well as a higher top speed I wanted even better stability in my FX and that meant work on the aerodynamics. – Sebastian Vettel
We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way. – Ibrahim Rugova
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. – Lionel Trilling
Farming with live animals is a 7 day a week, legal form of slavery. – George Segal
Torture is such a slippery slope as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons. – Iain Banks
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe. – Orson Pratt
Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. – Caleb Cushing
